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The RCRA group (Knowledge Representation & Automated Reasoning) of the
AI*IA (Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence)
organizes the
20th RCRA workshop:
Experimental evaluation of algorithms for solving
problems with combinatorial explosion (RCRA 2013)
Rome, Italy, 14-15 June 2013
RCRA group web site: http://rcra.aixia.it/
Workshop web site: http://rcra.aixia.it/rcra2013
e-mail: rcra2013_(at)_gmail.com
IMPORTANT DATES
* Abstract submission: >>>>10 March 2013 <<<<
* Submissions to the RCRA workshop: 15 March 2013
* Notification of acceptance/reject: 19 April 2013
* Final version due: 15 May 2013
* RCRA workshop: 14-15 June 2013
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This event follows the series of the RCRA (Knowledge Representation
and Automated Reasoning) annual meetings, held since 1994.
The success of the previous events shows that RCRA is becoming a major
forum for exchanging ideas and proposing experimentation methodologies
for algorithms in Artificial Intelligence.
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The workshop will take place in Rome, Italy from 14 to 15 June 2013.
RCRA 2013 will be held immediately after ICAPS 2013.
As in previous editions (http://rcra.aixia.it/publications), authors of
papers orally presented at the workshop will have the opportunity to participate
to the selection of a special issue that will appear on an international journal.
HISTORY OF THE WORKSHOP SERIES
* RCRA 2012 as a workshop of AI*IA 2012, Rome, Italy - http://rcra.aixia.it/rcra2012
Extended versions of the best papers will appear in a special issue of AI Communications
* RCRA 2011 as a workshop of IJCAI 2011, Barcelona, Spain - http://rcra.aixia.it/rcra2011
Extended versions of the best papers appear in a special issue of AI Communications
* RCRA 2010 in association with CPAIOR 2010, Bologna, Italy - http://rcra.aixia.it/rcra2010
Extended versions of the best papers appear in a special issue of Annals of Math. and AI
* Previous editions: http://rcra.aixia.it/workshops
IMPORTANT DATES
* Abstract submission: 10 March 2013
* Submissions to the RCRA workshop: 15 March 2013
* Notification of acceptance/reject: 19 April 2013
* Final version due: 15 May 2013
* RCRA workshop: 14-15 June 2013
AIMS AND SCOPE
Many problems in Artificial Intelligence show an exponential explosion of the
search space. Although stemming from different research areas in AI, such
problems are often addressed with algorithms that have a common goal: the
effective exploration of huge state spaces. Many algorithms developed in one
research area are applicable to other problems, or can be hybridized with
techniques in other areas. Artificial Intelligence tools often exploit or
hybridize techniques developed by other research communities, such as
Operations Research.
In recent years, research in Artificial Intelligence has more and
more focused on experimental evaluation of algorithms, the
development of suitable methodologies for experimentation and
analysis, the study of languages and the implementation of systems
for the definition and solution of problems.
Scope of the workshop is fostering the cross-fertilization of ideas stemming
from different areas, proposing benchmarks for new challenging problems,
comparing models and algorithms from an experimental viewpoint, and, in
general, comparing different approaches with respect to efficiency, problem
modeling, and ease of development.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Experimental evaluation of algorithms for
o knowledge representation
o automated reasoning
o planning
o scheduling
o machine learning
o model checking
o boolean satisfiability (SAT)
o constraint programming
o temporal reasoning
o combinatorial optimization
o quantified boolean formulae and quantified constraints
o modal logics
o logic programming
o answer set programming
o ontological reasoning
* Definition and construction of benchmarks
* Experimentation methodologies
* Metaheuristics
* Algorithm hybridization
* Static analysis of combinatorial problems
* Languages and systems for definition and solution of problems
* Comparisons between systems and algorithms
* Application experiences
WORKSHOP CHAIRS
* Toni Mancini Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
* Marco Maratea University of Genova, Genova, Italy
* Francesco Ricca University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE
* Roman Bartak Charles University, Prague (Czech Republic)
* Stefania Costantini Università dell'Aquila (Italy)
* Alessandro Dal Palù Università di Parma (ItalY)
* Agostino Dovier Università di Udine (Italy)
* Esra Erdem Sabanci University, Istanbul (Turkey)
* Wolfgang Faber Università della Calabria, Rende (Italy)
* Ines Gonzalez Rodriguez University of Cantabria, Santander (Spain)
* Joerg Hoffmann Saarland University, Saarbruecken (Germany)
* Matti Jarvisalo University of Helsinki (Finland)
* Zeynep Kiziltan Università di Bologna (Italy)
* Philippe Laborie ILOG, IBM Gentilly (France)
* Michele Lombardi Università di Bologna (Italy)
* Ines Lynce Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal)
* Paolo Marin Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Germany)
* Joao Marquez-Silva University College Dublin (Ireland)
* Luigi Palopoli Università della Calabria, Rende (Italy)
* Steve Prestwich University College Cork (Ireland)
* Luca Pulina Università di Sassari (Italy)
* Riccardo Rasconi ISTC-CNR, Rome (Italy)
* Fabrizio Riguzzi Università di Ferrara (Italy)
* Rubén Ruiz García Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain)
* Alessandro Saetti Università di Brescia (Italy)
* Torsten Schaub University of Potsdam, Berlin (Germany)
* Thomas Stützle Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)
* Mirek Truszczynski University of Kentucky, Lexington (USA)
HOST ORGANIZATION
Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
SUBMISSIONS
Authors are invited to submit either original (full or short) papers, or papers
that appear on conference proceedings.
Publications showing negative results are welcome, provided that the approach
was original and very promising in principle, the experimentation was
well-conducted, the results obtained were unforeseeable and gave important
hints in the comprehension of the target problem, helping other researchers to
avoid unsuccessful paths.
At the time of submission, authors are requested to clearly specify whether their
submission is original or already published.
Workshop submissions must be in PDF format, do not exceed 15 (for full papers) or
8 (for short papers) pages, and should be written in LaTeX, using the LNCS-based
RCRA 2013 style available at the workshop web site.
RCRA 2013 uses EasyChair for the submission of contributions. Details are available
on the web-site.
Submissions will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee.
SELECTION FOR THE POST-PROCEEDINGS
Authors of papers orally presented at the workshop will have the
opportunity to participate to the selection for the post-proceedings
by submitting an extended version of their work.
As in previous editions (http://rcra.aixia.it/publications), workshop
post-proceedings will appear in a special issue of an international
journal, provided that a sufficient amount of high quality papers is collected.
All candidate articles must be original: they cannot have already been published
in journals, and must contain significant additional material with respect to any
formal publication.
Such papers will go through a second formal selection process, and will be
reviewed by at least three reviewers. We aim at a short submission process, and
at most one re-submission stage will be allowed.
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